Find old stories at the New York Times like a report on Custer's Last Stand

Now that the NY Times has discontinued their Times Select subscription program and made much more of their 150+ years of content available for anyone to read and link to.

President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin.; The Deed Done at Ford's Theatre Last Night. THE ACT OF A DESPERATE REBEL The President Still Alive at Last Accounts. No Hopes Entertained of His Recovery. Attempted Assassination of Secretary Seward. DETAILS OF THE DREADFUL TRAGEDY.

CONFIRMATION OF THE DISASTER.; DISPATCHES FROM GEN. TERRY RECEIVED AT SHERIDAN'S HEAD-QUARTERS-- THEORIES OF THE BATTLE--PROBABLY TEN THOUSAND SIOUX IN POSITION-- THE ATTACK CONDEMNED AS RASH BY OFFICERS OF EXPERIENCE--DISPOSITION OF THE WOUNDED.

CHICAGO, July 6.--At the head-quarters of Lieut. Gen. Sheridan this morning, all was bustle and confusion over the reported massacre of Custer's command. Telegrams were being constantly received, but most of them were of a confidential nature and withheld from publication. It is known that the unfortunate command broke camp on...

Custer dropped squarely into the midst of no less than ten thousand red devils and was literally torn to pieces.

THE HOSTILE SAVAGES.; Seven Mexicans Murdered by Apaches in Arizona. Corporal Black's Body Found Lacerated from Head to Foot.The Militia Called Out by Gov.Safford.Severe Battle Reported with Indiansin the Yellowstone Valley.Attack on Members of the Northern Pacific Railway Survey.THE INDIANS.Attack on Major Baker's Force in the Yellowstone Valley Forty Soldiers Killed and Wounded Sitting Bull Threatens to Give Gen. Stanley"Plenty of Fight." Fresh Slaughters in Arizona Corporal Black's Body Found Evidence of Torture. The Situation in Utah. Attacks on Members of the Northern Pacific Surveying Expedition.

ECLIPSE SHOWED GRAVITY VARIATION; Diversion of Light Rays Accepted as Affecting Newton's Principles.HAILED AS EPOCHMAKING British Scientist Calls the Discovery One of the Greatest ofHuman Achievements.

LONDON, Nov. 8.--What Sir Joseph Thomson, President of the Royal Society, declared was "one of the greatest --perhaps the greatest--of achievements in the history of human thought" was discussed at a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical So-...

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Not a lot is available from the WWII era, which is a shame. Nothing about the moon landing, Kennedy's assassination, Watergate, etc. etc. either. :(